The Emperor is Above

Chapter 164: Huh? Has he advanced to the sixth rank already?
"The Lord is back——"

The young and strong man on duty in the watchtower shouted excitedly.

The originally extremely quiet hill suddenly became lively.

Yesterday, the coalition forces of the Daze wild people passed by Guqiu Fengtu and deliberately showed off their military power nearby.

The villagers who stayed behind in Guqiu were not worried about their own safety, but were worried about the safety of Qing Yi and the private army, militia, and beastman apprentices who were out.

I don’t know how many people stayed awake all night last night. Before dawn, many people were wandering the streets, sometimes running to high places, looking up and anxiously waiting for news.

If their previous worries were as heavy as they were now, their joy was as great as theirs. They all rushed to the outside of the hill to greet them, shouting with joy:

"The Lord is back——"

"The head of the village has returned safely—"

"There are so many barbarian prisoners of war, and so many herds of beasts."

"Old Bai, Qing Yi is back. As expected, nothing happened to them. That's great!"

"Old Black, you are just worrying for nothing. When I saw two dragon claw locust tree spirits running out this morning, I knew that Qing Yi would be fine."

The old man with white hair and beard stroked his beard with a smile, looking calm and confident, but his slightly trembling arms had already exposed his excitement.

Beside the old man were Hei Weng, Dao Weng, as well as Bo Wu, Jiang Ji, Tun Shigu and others, who were all standing in the front to greet him, watching Qing Yi approach with smiles on their faces.

Many villagers around rushed to greet Qing Yi, and then called out the names of their husbands, fathers, and children with concern and worry.

When the villagers found that everyone who had gone out with Qing Yi yesterday had returned without a single injury on their bodies, the atmosphere became even more tense.

With less than 300 men fighting against a coalition of nearly 4,000 wild folks, not only did they remain unscathed, but they also achieved such a thorough victory and seized such rich spoils, which is enough to make anyone excited.

"Bang-"

"Bang-"

"Bang-"

"Bang-"

Two locust tree spirits shook their lush branches and walked past with heavy steps not far away, making the lively scene suddenly quiet.

It was the first time for all the villagers of Lone Hill to witness the actions of the dryads, and they could only stare in a daze as their huge bodies walked past them.

Until the two tree spirits walked to the place behind Qing Yi's yard, everything was quiet again, as if they had never moved, and the villagers burst into explosive cheers again.

"Haha, you are worthy of being the tree spirit master, awesome!"

"Following the head of the village to come to Guqiu is truly the best thing I have ever done in my life."

The two dragon claw locust tree spirits, as the decisive force for the great victory in this battle, naturally won the enthusiastic pursuit of the villagers, and they felt that the safety of Solitary Hill was incomparable.

"Wow, Daniu and the others actually signed a contract for one green rhino each, a total of twelve green rhinos. Could the two rhinos that Qiji and Qubing had be giant rhino cubs?"

Tun Shigu was also shouting loudly in the crowd, but he was paying more attention to the group of blue rhinos and two young giant rhinos behind the crowd. The huge size of the giant beasts in the wilderness always catches people's attention.

When he saw his son riding a ninth-grade precious pig, Tuan Shigu's smile became even brighter. He stroked Tuan Kejin's little head and said, "My dear son, you really understand your daddy's feelings." Tuan Kejin could only accept his father's compliment with a bitter face. He could only comfort himself that this pig was at least a ninth-grade exotic beast, and the lord himself named it a precious pig.

Tu Shigu's eyes narrowed into slits as he smiled, and he couldn't help but stroke the round body of Baozhu, and continued to say to Tu Kejin: "Back then, your grandfather was able to be granted the title of upper commoner because of a batch of armor made from wild boar skins.

This pig is also a ninth-grade exotic beast. Take it home and take good care of it. When it dies in a few years, Dad will use the pig skin to make you a set of armor—"

"Ow—"

Originally, Baozhu felt comfortable being touched by Tun Shigu, and enjoyed it with his eyes narrowed. However, he suddenly became angry when he heard the following words. He howled and hit Tun Shigu hard, knocking him to the ground. Then he swaggered towards the team of exotic beasts, and Tun Kejin was helpless.

"Haha, Brother Shi Gu, you have such a big mouth. The intelligence of a ninth-grade exotic beast is no less than that of an eight-year-old child. You should restrain yourself in front of others in the future."

Qing Yi first laughed and helped Tun Shigu up, then greeted Bo Wu, Bai Sou, Hei Weng and others one by one.

Afterwards, he asked Daniu and Chai Yong to bring the collected spirit potatoes over and explained the habits of the spirit potatoes in detail, which immediately aroused the keen interest of Jiang Ji and Hei Weng.

Hei Weng, as a senior agricultural expert in Guqiu, attaches great importance to everything that can be used as food. Jiang Ji has recently been studying the cultivation of spiritual herbs and is also very interested in spiritual herbs with such magical habits.

Especially Hei Weng said carelessly: "Qingyi, don't worry, this kind of potato will not go bad if stored in the cellar. Next year, I will plant thousands of acres of it."

Jiang Ji pondered for a moment, then smiled softly, "I think we can try to see if this thing can be planted in autumn as well, to see how many seasons it can be planted in a year, and to see if it can be promoted to an eighth-grade spiritual medicine when it grows under sufficient spiritual energy. Anyway, it won't be a waste to take a few pieces for experimentation."

Qing Yi laughed with relief and said, "Then I'll trouble Mr. Hei and Auntie to take care of it. Anyway, there are more than 10,000 kilograms of spiritual potatoes, so you can make your own arrangements."

Hei Weng happily brought a group of young men to preserve tens of thousands of kilograms of spiritual potatoes. Jiang Ji only took a dozen pieces to cultivate as spiritual medicine.

Next, the beastmaster apprentices went back to their homes and found their mothers, as the others still had a lot of things to deal with.

Chai Yong and his men first treated more than 2,000 military heads with lime and medicine. They could only be stored after the anti-corrosion measures were completed. They also had to prevent naughty children from kicking the heads of the wild people as balls.

Looking at the naughty children in the village staring at the pile of heads cunningly, Qing Yi couldn't help but smile and shake his head. The timid guys in the past have become so bold now, but this will help them better adapt to the cruel society that will follow.

Gongsun Wu was responsible for detaining hundreds of wild prisoners of war. The prisoners whose big toes had been cut off were tied up, so there was no need to worry about them escaping.

He also asked Wangmangqiji, Wangmangqubing, Daniu and others to settle the exotic beasts they had newly conquered in an open space under the forest. The exotic beasts and ordinary mounts should be placed separately, and food should be prepared for them at night.

In just a few hours, Qing Yi walked all over the lonely hill to direct the affairs. Everyone was busy and the work was not completed until nightfall.

The celebratory banquet in the evening was a lively hotpot of exotic wild donkey meat, which was highly praised by everyone. Even women, children, the elderly and children who could not eat exotic animal meat tasted the delicious soup.

It was not until the next morning when Qing Yi opened the door that he saw Gongsun Wu, who looked very excited: "My Lord, I have been promoted to the sixth rank upper armored soldier."

"Ah? He has been promoted to the sixth rank already?"

Am I still asleep? Qing Yi couldn't help rubbing his eyes. After hearing Gongsun Wu's story, he couldn't help scratching his head. "Brother Gongsun, you said that I would be a sixth-rank upper-armor soldier after waking up?"

"Absolutely true!"

Gongsun Wu answered with a very affirmative tone, and he also looked puzzled.
"It's strange to say. The last time I was promoted to the seventh-rank lower-armor soldier, there was such a big commotion. But this time, I was promoted to the sixth rank after a nap, and no one noticed anything."

Dongmen Hu and Dongmen Bao failed to advance again this time, and no one else from Guqiu advanced either. Qing Yi could only conclude that Gongsun Wu was extremely talented.

There was no time to find out the reason, as Tun Shigu came running over and said he would start building the animal shed today.

(End of this chapter)